Peter Lochbihler is Global Head of Public Affairs at Booking Holdings and Booking.com, based in Amsterdam. Prior to joining Booking.com in 2016, Peter served as Vice President - EU Affairs at Rolls-Royce. Before that, from 2001 to 2011, Peter held senior roles in government relations consulting firms in Brussels. Peter was born in Regensburg (Germany) and, following university studies in Germany, the UK and France, holds a Master in European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium).
While Europe’s policymakers and opinion leaders obsess over semiconductors and clean tech, another economic engine is humming along with far less fanfare – and far greater […]
Between January and April 2025, approximately 123,000 aircraft flying over Baltic airspace had their signals affected by Russian jamming and spoofing of satellite navigation signals, posing […]
On 3 September 2025, low-cost airline Ryanair published a press release blaming the European Commission and national governments for millions of passenger delays caused by air […]
As autumn approaches, so does the lure of Oktoberfest and this year, travellers can literally board a “beer train” to take them from Italy to Germany’s […]
Ryanair has issued a strong statement slamming air traffic control (ATC) across Europe and specifically Greece and calling on the European Commission to urgently reform the […]
As tourist numbers are increasing, many popular holiday spots are dealing with unruly visitors. Whether they mean to or not, travellers are not always keeping local […]
Starting in November 2025, the Swiss company Twiliner will launch a new service of luxury buses. These buses will connect Zurich with Amsterdam (via Brussels) and […]
Over 10,000 European hotels have now joined a class action lawsuit against the online platform Booking.com, as hotel owners across the continent unite to seek compensation […]
Passenger air traffic is up 4.5% year-on-year for the first half of 2025, according to the latest report from European airport trade body ACI EUROPE. Growth […]
On Monday, 4 August 2025, a 15-year-old British teenager accidentally boarded the wrong flight at Menorca’s Mahon Airport in Spain, leading to an unexpected journey and […]
Following a series of delays, the European Commission has set 12 October 2025 as the launch date for the rollout of the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) – a system […]
Two major online travel firms have agreed to a European Union consumer rights framework that means customers should receive better information and be refunded within 14 […]
Performance indicators and sentiment in the European hospitality sector are steady and reveal optimism for the future, according to Booking.com’s Accommodation Barometer report for the region […]
The European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) has approved a new kind of explosive detection solution, which will allow passengers to include liquids containing up to 2 […]
A group of European travel and tourism associations, including HOTREC, Airlines 4 Europe, and the European Federation of Rural Tourism, has expressed “deep concern” over the […]